Gaming Under the Influence
[Podcast]
E.56
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla deserves attention (especially after Demon’s Souls)
and it does microtransactions right
Read our short article,
“Open-World Progression”
A matter of progression, not genre
Drinking this week: Live Transmission (Flying Monkeys), Bellweiser Pink Grapefruit (Bellwoods)
Playing this week: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla & Demon’s souls
Are you starved for a next gen game to play? Are you wondering if Assassins Creed Valhalla is worth your time? Do you think Ubisoft gave up making good games a hundred years ago? Alex has finished Demon's Souls and Mike is here to convince him ACV deserves attention. Featuring a) a discussion of the multilayered world-building, which descends from gods and secret history down to the physical properties of wood; b) the clever measurement of open-world progression by story and c) the "best case scenario" implementation of MTX in ACV
We use Neo-Thomistic philosophy to analyze video games as fine art. Against corporate & political interests, we argue they (should) exist solely to be beautiful: self-contained, self-justifying acts of worldbuilding. Subscribe for a nominal monthly fee to support our project. No gimmicks, tricks or bonuses: if you believe in what we do, we are happy for your help.